Testing AMD’s May Preview Driver: DX11 Performance Breakthrough

Average performance

Taking a look at the big picture overview, here we present the 14-game average results. At 1080p, we can see a clear improvement for DX11 performance using the May Preview driver. Yes, the average frame rate increased by 4%, but the 1% lows – which are arguably more important – saw a 9% boost up to 125.5FPS, which is actually slightly better than the RTX 3080’s 1% lows, though the average frame rate is still slightly behind.

At 1440p, we are seeing another 4% improvement to the average frame rate when using the Preview driver, but with the 1% lows seeing a bigger increase, this time with a 5% boost.

It’s more of the same at 4K too, with a 4% improvement to the average frame rate, though a smaller 2% margin for the 1% lows. The 6800 XT can’t quite catch the RTX 3080 at this resolution, but it is closer with the new driver.

Removing Control and Crysis Remastered

Purely out of interest's sake, I did also take a quick look at average performance, but this time discarding the results from Control and Crysis Remastered, as those both saw huge performance losses to the 1% lows which I just cannot explain. Removing those games does paint a more positive picture of the Preview driver, with the 1% lows seeing a 10% boost on average at 1080p, and an 8% average improvement at 1440p.

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